8 years ago
2
The Intelligent Life of the City Raccoon
Toronto resident Simon Treadwell wheeled a garbage bin onto a snow-bound lot next to his property one evening this past winter. Inside the bin was a smelly mixture of wet and dry cat food, sardines, and fried chicken. Treadwell sprinkled some of the mix on and around the bin, made sure his three motion-activated night vision cameras were on, and went back into his house. Treadwell was testing a new lid latch he had devised in response to...
Continue Reading
http://nautil.us
Join the Discussion
We had racoons that used to get into our trash all the time, these little bastards are so good at it now that we leave the trash in a padlocked shed!
They are astoundingly smart. When I volunteered at a wildlife shelter, I refused to work with them.